Just as Ptolemy's epicycles attempted to force the observed nature of the world to agree with the then held geocentric philosophy, could Einstein be wrong about the speed of light?
2006-12-13 15:32:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Every theory has a base of origin. Everything that Einstein wrote took many days and even years to formulate. Who originally thought of what; is immaterial. It is the one who takes it to market. (marketing an idea as in marketing a product takes research in order to expect results). Whether or not E=MC2 was Einsteins' discovery is questionable. The speed of light is also questionable. If everything is relative, and it is, then the measurement of a velocity is speed it must be relative to all. If it was not for light we would not see the shadow. What happen to the light in the darkness of the shadow. Did it stop? Did it curve and go around? If it curved, at what dimension beyond the obstacle did it become light again? In doing so, must it accelerate coming out of the curve and thus change in velocity greater than the numeric value it was given? Standing on the Earth and looking into the light of the Sun do we see the Planets Mercury and Venus? Do we see the shadow in the blinding Sun. If we see not the shadow then should we Assuuume? Science is the ability replicate. At what point in Space and time do we chose to stand (?) and make our discoveries known.
A circle is just a little bit more than 360 degrees, that is why Pi=inf.
If you draw a circle it is not long before it over laps the beginning. All things follow the HELIX. Light is no exception to the rule. What is linear at one point may be just a curve at another. Looking at a far away star we see linear knowing full well that that star is in rotation within the Galaxy and that Galaxy is in rotation within the Universe. Tell me now. Is light as fast as we are led to believe, or is it faster? There is a Cosmological Constant! It is the Trinity of the negative & positive. The power of &.
2006-12-14 23:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by Pauleinstein 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a physicist, and so can't comment on the first part of your question.
However, regarding the speed of light, I can make an attempt. The constant speed of light is just ASSUMED. It's not proved no way no how. If anything, the Michelson-Morley experiment showed that light has a constant speed, but we don't know if this would be true under all conditions.
Ptolemy's epicycles had to be constantly changed with the discovery of each new irregularity, and there were many of them. Given the fact that Einstein's theory has not required any changes whatsoever after a hundred years, there's a strong possibility that he was correct after all.
2006-12-13 15:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by Bhagwad 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sacrilege.Einstein? Wrong about the speed of light? Einstein's theory is based on sound scientific background using the available equipment and knowledge. It may one day be proven wrong.
Ptolemy was basing his knowledge on some science but also on quite a good deal of arrogance, superstition and religion. The comparison is not a good one.
Bohr's plum pudding would have been a better analogy.
2006-12-13 15:43:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no longer something is needed to push the planets around the sunlight. area is friction unfastened so they're going to rotate indefinitely ,and no rigidity is needed. A physique in mutation will proceed in action except that's acted on by yet another rigidity. The sunlight gravity curves this into an orbit.
2016-12-18 13:10:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know.
However, I'd like to point out that it was Maxwell that discovered the speed of light by solving his equations. We've never noticed a change in the speed of light despite a great number of experiments and the theoretical physicists haven't really given anyone the implication that the speed of light should be variant in time.
2006-12-13 16:09:27 · answer #5 · answered by LivingAlchemist 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With the information that is flowing in from NASA it may be very true that the Speed of light is not constant.
2006-12-15 01:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by blueridgemotors 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-12-15 10:25:33 · answer #7 · answered by einstein 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋